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- 2491: Road Rage and Its Avoidance
- ... turns out, aggressive driving is rarely the result of a single incident, such as a stolen parking space or being cut off by traffic by another driver. Rather, they seem to be the result of personal attitudes and the accumulation of stress in the motorist’s life. The so-called reasons for disputes mentioned earlier are actually triggers. In most human behavior, there is a stated and unstated, conscious and unconscious ... to keep impersonal with other, especially angry and aggressive, motorists. As a friend of mine put it, “…what may start as an impersonal encounter between two 1½ ton boxes on wheels can quickly become a personal duel between two angry individuals…” especially once eye contact is made. Give the “road warrior” plenty of room, or “berth” as they say in the shipping industry, but if he or she escalates the dispute ... law enforcement to further reduce this problem. One thing is certain, however, it will never be totally abolished, and as long as this holds true it is important for every motorist to take the necessary personal steps to avoid falling into this dark and evil world of road rage.
- 2492: Date Rape
- ... roles in it including alcohol and drugs, miscommunication, and changing sexual mores. Works Cited Celis, William 3d. "Students Trying to Draw Line Between Sex and an Assault, Agony on Campus: What is Rape." Reading and Writing in the Academic Community. Mary Lynch Kennedy and Hadley M. Smith. Englewood Cliffs:Prentice Hall, 1994. 264 - 269. Gilbert, Neil. "The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault." Reading and Writing in the Academic Community. Mary Lynch Kennedy and Hadley M. Smith. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1994. 272 - 281. Rothbard, Murray N. "Date Rape." Reading and Writing in the Academic Community. Mary Lynch Kennedy and Hadley M. Smith. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1994. 270 - 271. Schmalleger, Frank. Criminal Justice Today. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999.
- 2493: What Happened To Our Rights?
- ... his or her private life. For years the American Medical Association has proven that smoking and drinking can cause numerous health problems, yet millions of Americans continue to drink and smoke everyday. This is a personal choice people are faced with everyday and no matter what decision they make they should not be ridiculed. Whether something is good or bad for a person, we as individuals have the right to make ... on trying to censor ridiculous things in our lives. These fanatical groups who try to censor everything in our lives need to find more important issues to argue. Instead of wasting valuable time on our personal lives, they could be working on their own lives! The purpose for censorship is to protect children not to invade the personal lives of people.
- 2494: Communism
- ... I then traveled to Russia, I could talk to reformists w 6de ho could tell me what's going on in Russian Government right now. I could also talk to common people and het their personal opinion. This would help me to understand why the did/ didn't like about the communist government and compare them to right now. If I could find some kind of communist propaganda or some sort ... thinks it is presently possible to run a communist government in the world. I would also ask him if he approved of the actions of the leaders of the communist countries. V. Works Cited "Anne". Personal interview. 19 Nov. 1997. "Communism." Aol Research @ Learn. America Online Nov. 19, 1997. "Communism." Bookshelf 1994. Computer Software. Microsoft, 1994. "Communism." Encarta. Computer Software. Microsoft, 1995. "Communism." Grollier Encyclopedia. Computer software. Gorllier Electronic Publishing, 1993. "Communism." Grollier Online. World Wide Web: http://www.grollier.com/ (November 19, 1997) Rexroth, Kennith. Communism: From origins to the 20th century. New York: Copyright by Kennith Rexroth, 1974. "Sudo." Personal interview. 14 Nov. 1997.
- 2495: The Crucial Role of Mass Media
- ... use it’s privilege to educate and notify the public on necessary information. Today, however, many critics of mass media would say it does little more than highlight dramatic episodes of crime and violence, spectacular personal scandals, and the triumphs of prominent celebrities. In other words, the definition of news has been. The two sides on the ability of the mass media to fulfill it’s role recognized by the Bill ... with the role mass media plays in our society today does not end with the lack of integrity due to convenience and the repetition of identical information it merely just begins. Our forefathers envisioned, when writing the First Amendment, a mass media that would educate the public. Today however, mass media is under the never ending influence of the corporations that own it. That is to say, the ownership of mass ...
- 2496: Interracial Children
- ... One way is choosing a multi-ethnic race. Meaning both parents have heavy influence in the child's life. The second way is to choose only one race. This depends on the status, social and personal aspects of the child. For example would be the type of neighborhood the child lives in could represent their status. How family and friends accept interracial families represents the social aspects and the child's physical features could represent the child's personal feelings (Nash 25). Most children choose the race of the minority parent. So if a child's father was black and mother white, he would most likely identify himself as black. My sister and I ... that their parents are not devastated by the ostracism and realize there is nothing they can do to make the person change his or her views. According to a family counselor, " this rejection is not personal, that family member just suffers from a sickness brought on by a racist society" (Gay 73). This can create all sorts of complications in a biracial child's life. I am the oldest grandchild ...
- 2497: Homeless Youths
- ... forming deep friendships. They experience depression as a result of leaving familiar places and people, and may fall behind academically as they miss school. Children who have to keep moving have no sense of roots, personal space, or possesions. Most see life as temporary, and are restless and leaving projects half finished. Nearly all cling to their few possesions and can be agresive trying to claim something for themselves. Because they ... fathom what it would be like to live homeless. How those kids carry on without a home enthralls me. I can not even go without my stereo, never mind my home. Coincidentally, before we started writing about this topic I read a story about a man who grew up derelict and is now valued at seven million dollars. It was his own choice to be homeless, he said, “Where my life ...
- 2498: The Society Is Flawed
- ... society. Simply put, a communist society is one where all property is held in common. No one person has more than the other, but rather everyone shares in the fruits of their labors. Marx is writing of this society because, he believes it to be the best form of society possible. He believes that communism creates the correct balance between the needs of the individual and the needs of society. He ... man than naked self-interest, than callous ‘cash payment.’ It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervor, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom-Free Trade. (12) Here Marx is speaking of how the bourgeoisie controlled society takes every ...
- 2499: Transcendentalism
- ... of these beliefs such authors were Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and William Cullen Bryant. Thoreau was the most explicit and greatest influential transcendentalist writer of the time period. Inspired by the exploration and writing about spiritual relationships between humanity and nature, and the ideas of his good friend Ralph Emerson, he experimented with this new found idea. On July fourth he left on an experience to Walden Pond. He spent two years watching, writing, and feeling the power of nature. The only way Thoreau could encounter a relationship with nature was to become one with the way of the woods, streams, ponds, and animals. Thoreau was also indicative of ... of man and nature. Unlike the previous poets, William Cullen Bryant was his own creator. Born in a rural area, Bryant had a deep interest in nature and loved to explore his surroundings. He began writing poetry at age nine, and later periodically read eighteenth century poetry, which is present in his poems because of their European style. Bryant additionally expressed an appeal to nineteenth century poets, moreover he believed ...
- 2500: Study on Juvenile Psychopaths
- ... Heritage Foundation. A father's attention to his son has enormous positive effects on a boy's emotional and social development. But a boy abandoned by his father in deprived of a deep sense of personal security, In a well-functioning family," he continued, "the very presence of the father embodies authority" and this paternal authority "is critical to the prevention of psychopathology and delinquency." (2) On top of the problem ... for what brings them pleasure and a sense of power, placing "zero value on the lives of their victims." Ultimately, concludes Mr. Dilulio, only a return to religion will restore to youth the sense of personal responsibility that leads to moral behavior. He cites a growing body of scientific evidence from a variety of academic disciplines that indicates that churches ameliorate or cure many severe socioeconomic ills. "Let [the liberal elite ... crime seems to have its roots not so much in poverty as it does to poverty of values. Experts like John DiIulio and James Q.Wilson believe that the cure lies in a renaissance of personal responsibility, and a reassertion of responsibility over rights and community over egoism. There is definitely a need for more study on the new breed of teen criminal -"the Super Predator"- But we don't ...
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